Lathe attachment



(No Model.)

I. CLARKE 85H. H. BASSETT.

' LATHE ATTACHMENT.

No. 397,694. Patented Feb. 12,1889.

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LATHE ATTACH MENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 897,694, dated February 1.2, 1889.

Serial No. 281,088. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED CLARKE and HERBERT II. BASSETT, of Piqu a, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lathe Attachments and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying d rawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a lathe having our attachment applied. Fig. 2 is a face view of the attachment removed. Fig. 3 is a seetional view of the same. liigs. --L and 5 are de tail views thereof.

This invention relates to iurning-lathes, and it is a novel attachment for a gage-lathe or similar lathe employed to turn handles and such like articles, its object being to provide a device for finishing or rounding the ends of the handles or work held by the flyeenter or dead-center" spindle of the machine, so that the work can he completed without removing the blank from the lathe or readjusting it to suit the finishing-tool. The invention will be clearly understood from the following description and claims.

Reference l'ieing had to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates an ordinary lathe having a work-doggi 11g head at one end and a dead-center spindle, B, at the other end, between which the blank to be operated upon is mounted and rotatral. Spindle ii is journaled in a 'l'ail-lj)lock, and longitudinally adjustable therein, as usual, by means of a handelever pi votall y connected to its outer end.

I.) is a rod. playing through an opening in block (T and longitudinally movable therein. This rod extends parallel with spindle B, and is provided with a handle, (I, by which it can be shifted. The front end of rod 1) is bent inward toward spindle ll, and has its end E enlarged and coneaved or angular-1y recessed to engage the periphery of a cutter-block, l1, which is fixed to end E by a screw, c, passing through said end E and engaging a eorre-l spending screw-threaded recess in. cutterblock F, as shown. The shape of the engaging faces of end E and cutterF prevents any roeki ng movement of the cutter-block. on said end.

The cutter-block has a central opening, f, corresponding in diameter to spindle B, on which the cutter-block is slipped and supported, the rod D serving to adjust and shift it on said spindle. The inner face of cutterblock F adjoining the wood blank mounted in the lathe is recessed, as shown; and G is a slot in the side thereof. ll is a lug projecting laterally from cuttenbloek F at one side of slot G, and whose outer face is curved, as shown, corresponding to the sectional eontour of the recess in the face of the cutterblock. I is a curved cutter-blade secured on lug H by a set-ser(,-.w, 2 its cutting-edge being adjusted over slot G in such position that when the Gul1i10l-li)l()0l( is moved forward by rod D it engages the end of the blank and re duees the end until a contour is imparted thereto corresponding to the recess in the face of the cuttenblock, the edge of the cutter working in said slot and the chippings of the blank escaping therethrou gh.

From the foregoing it willbe seen that when the blank is properly turned longitudinally, instead of relnovingit from the lathe and finishing up the end by hand or in another machine, we simply slide cutter-blockF by red D against the end of the blank without stopping the nmchine orinterfering with the other cutters.

(,lllditllf-lJlUOlCH ll of dill'erentsizes and forms can be employed, if desired, to impart different finishes to the ends of the blanks.

The attachment is readily applicable to nearly all ordinary makes of lathes. The rod 1) and itshandle not only serve to advance the cuttersblock on spindle B, but also prevent its rotation therewith.

It will be seen that practically the cutter is suspcndwl on or carried by tl'|(,s in,dle l3, the rod serving to prevent its rotation and to direct its movements.

.1 lavi n described our in vention, we claim 1. The combination of the tail-block and dead-spindle of a lathe with a movable cutter block supported on said spindle and l adapted to be moved, in contact with the end of the blank supported by said spindle, sub- In testimony that We claim the foregoing as I0 stantially in the manner and for the purpose our own We affiX our signatures in presence described. of two witnesses.

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cutter-block mounted on said spindle, the rod mounted on said tail-block and connected to \Vitnosses:

said cutter-block, and its opei'ating-llandle, C. GRAFFLIN, all substantially as described. I GEORGE R. BAssETTi 

